promises, promises

i know, i know. i'm a terrible blogger. i promised i would write updates throughout my three-week stint in europe, and all i managed was one measly post. for shame! i thought i'd make it up to you, though, with some highlights from the trip in photo form... enjoy:

london - borough market

london - design show in shoreditch

paris

paris - ooh la la

geneva - village of nyon

geneva

madrid - general strike that struck

madrid

san sebastian - with katharine and iñaki

san sebastian - "wind comb" sculptures

san sebastian

istanbul - blue mosque

istanbul - blue mosque

istanbul - turkish (delight) tea

munich

munich - chinese tower in english garden

bon voyage(ish)

i posted ages ago about having a bit of a travel bug.

well, in t-minus 48 hours i'll be checking several cities off my lengthy list. i'm heading across the atlantic for work for three weeks, making stops in london, paris, geneva, istanbul and munich. i'm also going to san sebastian, spain to visit my dear biddy, katharine (!).

i've been planning this trip for months now, so it's a little difficult to wrap my head around the fact that it's quickly approaching. in preparation for my adventures, i've been doing a little reading. i thought this trip was a good excuse to get my paws on the pocket-size wallpaper* city guides that i've been ogling for months. since i'm going to be bouncing around every few days, i thought their sight-seeing/eating/shopping suggestions were perfect and condensed. kind of makes me want to travel just so i can collect the books...

as usual, i hope to be more regular with my updates. next time i write will be from ye old london town.

where do i begin?

i would love more than anything to travel the world (and country). unfortunately, it's a tad more expensive than my wallet can handle at this point in my life.
here are some of the places i dream about visiting:

san francisco
portland
seattle
chicago
austin
new orleans
los angeles

spain: san sebastian, barcelona, madrid, valencia, sevilla
sweden: malmo, stockholm, dalarna
italy: rome, venice, cinque terra, florence, cortona, milan
uk: london, oxford, cambridge, surrey, edinburgh
ireland: cork, dublin
portugal: lisbon, porto
france: paris, marseille, lyon, nice
germany: berlin, munich, hamburg

i think that's all for now...

{photo courtesy of paper tissue}

(bold = checked off my list!)